What to Know When Covering WVU

WHAT TO KNOW

WHEN COVERING WVU

MEDIA SERVICES

The West Virginia University athletic communications office will be available throughout the entire 2022-23 women’s basketball season to accommodate any media requests. The following are some guidelines that should make it easy for media members to cover the West Virginia women’s basketball team. Any additional questions should be directed to women’s basketball contact/assistant director of athletic communications Tanner Cain.

CREDENTIALS

Season-long credentials to cover WVU men’s and women’s basketball will be issued prior to the start of each season for media members who put in a request. Game-by-game credentials for WVU women’s basketball should be requested no later than 24 hours prior to each scheduled home contest. Credentials requests should be directed to women’s basketball contact/assistant director of athletic communications Tanner Cain.

DURING THE WEEK

Any member of the media wishing to interview a player or member of the coaching staff during the week should contact West Virginia women’s basketball contact/assistant director of athletic communications Tanner Cain, via email (tanner.cainy@mail. wvu.edu) or phone (304-293-2821), at least 24 hours in advance. Cell phone numbers will not be made available and all WVU student-athletes have been instructed to not conduct interviews without prior approval of the sports communications staff.

ELECTRONIC MEDIA SERVICES

WVUsports.com is the place for media and fans to go for the latest on Mountaineer women’s basketball. In 2021-22, streamed audio and video broadcasts, courtesy of Big 12 Now on ESPN+, will be available on WVU’s official athletic website. Live stats are also available to keep track of every point. Player and coaching staff bios are available at the click of a finger by going to WVUsports.com. Updated following each game, WVUsports. com is your place to find the latest statistics for Mountaineer women’s basketball. Not only will you find this season’s stats, but you will also be able to find the WVU record book for some historical perspective.

AT THE GAME

Parking is free and open to the public in the Coliseum parking lot. The working press area is located on the east side of the main floor at concourse level (22 rows from the playing floor). Press should enter through the Gold Gate with their credentials. West Virginia grants broadcast rights to the official radio outlet of the visiting team on reciprocal basis. The WVU Coliseum also supports wireless internet access. Please see women’s basketball contact Tanner Cain for login and password information. Complete statistics are provided to all working media at halftime and postgame. Requested team members and Coach Plitzuweit will be available for interviews via video conferencing following games.

POSTGAME INTERVIEWS

Coach Dawn Plitzuweit and Mountaineer student-athletes will meet with the media in the WVU Coliseum Team Theater (located next to the WVU basketball locker rooms on the event level) after the game.

DIRECTIONS TO THE WVU COLISEUM

FROM I-68

Take the Pierpont Road (mile marker 7) exit and follow signs toward the football stadium by heading West onto WV 857. At second traffic light, turn left (south) on US 119. Drive up a steep hill; the Morgantown airport will be on your left. Continue straight past several car dealerships and at the second light turn right onto WV 705. Turn left at the sixth traffic light onto Van Voorhis Road. The road becomes Patteson Drive when crossing University Avenue. Proceed up Patteson to the light at Jerry West Boulevard. Go straight at the light into the Coliseum parking lots.

FROM I-79

Take the Star City/WVU (mile marker 155) exit and follow signs to West Virginia University, heading south on US 19 and across the Star City Bridge. Proceed up Monongahela Boulevard past Texas Roadhouse. The WVU Coliseum is just ahead on the right.